Arrest Made in Verizon Prank Calls

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Arrest Made in Verizon Prank Calls

Lincoln

Posted: 10:58 AM Dec 26, 2008

Last Updated: 10:58 AM Dec 26, 2008

Reporter: 10/11 News

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Police have a 15 year old in custody they believe is responsible for

two threatening prank calls to Lincoln's Verizon call center this

week.

Officer Flood said police responded to a bomb threat Monday

night after someone called an Arizona call center saying he had a

bomb and was shooting people in Lincoln.

No threat was found.

Then Flood said Thursday night at 10:22 the Arizona center received

another call from someone who said they were shooting people in

Lincoln and threatened to cut someone's head off.

Flood said officers called security at the center who said no one was

there, that they had closed early for Christmas.

Flood said LPD was able to track the calls to the teen's great

grandmother through a number he gave on Monday.

Police say his grandmother is his guardian and she told police he was

a high-functioning autistic and was upset with Verizon because they

wouldn't give him a phone.

The teen was arrested and taken to the youth detention center.